Jean MONNET, archive picture of one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union. From 1950, the Frenchman Jean Monnet, Commissioner-General of the French National Planning Board, played an active role in the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), serving as President of the ECSC High Authority in Luxembourg from 1952 to 1955. Picture taken in Brussels, May 11, 1973.